I always looked at the SteppIR's and thought they were pretty much
exactly worth the money.

By the time you worked up your own SteppIR-like control system and
actually got the sliding contacts to work in a low loss, reliable
fashion, you'd easily be up to the price of those antennas.

Dan

Don't really need a control box, apply the frequency as you turn the
motor and stop when the SWR meter takes a dive. YThink positive


wrote:
I always looked at the SteppIR's and thought they were pretty much
exactly worth the money.

By the time you worked up your own SteppIR-like control system and
actually got the sliding contacts to work in a low loss, reliable
fashion, you'd easily be up to the price of those antennas.

Dan

I've done something similar but simpler.

I took two 20' Bream poles & mounted them on a 1"x 2"x 8' with clamps.
I left a 4' gap between the ends of the poles. Total extended length =
44'.

I then strung #16 wire along the outside of the entire length, feed it
with ladder line thru a tuner & mounted it on a 30' tower.

Walla, a rotatable dipole for 40 meters thru 6 meters (75 meters is a
push but it loads).

It has gain & directivity on 20 - 6.

Total cost - less then $40

Terry
W8EJO

Art displays his "out of the box genius" again.
Describing his "cheap" version of StepIR antenna is like comparing
wheelbarrow to Mack truck.
Sure is cheaper and "simpler" and you can transport one brick with both, but
when it comes to loading serious load, the difference is obvious even to
bl?*&% idiot. :-)
Can you get that or is too complicated that it would need explanation with
polarized bubbles?

bada BUm

"art" wrote in message
oups.com...
Don't really need a control box, apply the frequency as you turn the
motor and stop when the SWR meter takes a dive. YThink positive


wrote:
I always looked at the SteppIR's and thought they were pretty much
exactly worth the money.

By the time you worked up your own SteppIR-like control system and
actually got the sliding contacts to work in a low loss, reliable
fashion, you'd easily be up to the price of those antennas.

Dan

Why are you being so abusive?

Yuri Blanarovich wrote:
Art displays his "out of the box genius" again.
Describing his "cheap" version of StepIR antenna is like comparing
wheelbarrow to Mack truck.
Sure is cheaper and "simpler" and you can transport one brick with both, but
when it comes to loading serious load, the difference is obvious even to
bl?*&% idiot. :-)
Can you get that or is too complicated that it would need explanation with
polarized bubbles?

bada BUm

"art" wrote in message
oups.com...
Don't really need a control box, apply the frequency as you turn the
motor and stop when the SWR meter takes a dive. YThink positive


wrote:
I always looked at the SteppIR's and thought they were pretty much
exactly worth the money.

By the time you worked up your own SteppIR-like control system and
actually got the sliding contacts to work in a low loss, reliable
fashion, you'd easily be up to the price of those antennas.

Dan

art" wrote in message
ps.com...
Why are you being so abusive?

Steppir Fanboy

They consider everyone who doesn't pay the exorbitant prices of the steppirs
NON-HAMS.

Just pointing out your way of thinking "out of the box" on practical example
that anyone can relate to. Like we are so stooopid to pay bucks for antenna
when we can slap it from aluminum foil, like we are so stooopid for 100
years of antenna development that you have to enlighten us with your what?
Like your patent, awgh, never mind....

73 Yuri, K3BU xOK


"art" wrote in message
ps.com...
Why are you being so abusive?

Yuri Blanarovich wrote:
Art displays his "out of the box genius" again.
Describing his "cheap" version of StepIR antenna is like comparing
wheelbarrow to Mack truck.
Sure is cheaper and "simpler" and you can transport one brick with both,
but
when it comes to loading serious load, the difference is obvious even to
bl?*&% idiot. :-)
Can you get that or is too complicated that it would need explanation
with
polarized bubbles?

bada BUm

"art" wrote in message
oups.com...
Don't really need a control box, apply the frequency as you turn the
motor and stop when the SWR meter takes a dive. YThink positive


wrote:
I always looked at the SteppIR's and thought they were pretty much
exactly worth the money.

By the time you worked up your own SteppIR-like control system and
actually got the sliding contacts to work in a low loss, reliable
fashion, you'd easily be up to the price of those antennas.

Dan

Be careful Yuri or you will start to blither too.|

"Yuri Blanarovich" wrote in message
...
Just pointing out your way of thinking "out of the box" on practical
example that anyone can relate to. Like we are so stooopid to pay bucks
for antenna when we can slap it from aluminum foil, like we are so
stooopid for 100 years of antenna development that you have to enlighten
us with your what?
Like your patent, awgh, never mind....

73 Yuri, K3BU xOK


"art" wrote in message
ps.com...
Why are you being so abusive?

Yuri Blanarovich wrote:
Art displays his "out of the box genius" again.
Describing his "cheap" version of StepIR antenna is like comparing
wheelbarrow to Mack truck.
Sure is cheaper and "simpler" and you can transport one brick with both,
but
when it comes to loading serious load, the difference is obvious even to
bl?*&% idiot. :-)
Can you get that or is too complicated that it would need explanation
with
polarized bubbles?

bada BUm

"art" wrote in message
oups.com...
Don't really need a control box, apply the frequency as you turn the
motor and stop when the SWR meter takes a dive. YThink positive


wrote:
I always looked at the SteppIR's and thought they were pretty much
exactly worth the money.

By the time you worked up your own SteppIR-like control system and
actually got the sliding contacts to work in a low loss, reliable
fashion, you'd easily be up to the price of those antennas.

Dan